Senior Python Developer

Opus Recruitment Solutions
Oxfordshire
3 days ago
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Senior Python Developer - BioTech

📍 Hybrid (Oxford area) | 🧬 Tech for Life Sciences


Looking for a Senior Python Developer to help scale a global cloud-based data analysis platform used in genomics and bioinformatics.


What you’ll do:

  • Build and maintain cloud-native Python applications (FastAPI, Django, Flask, or Tornado)
  • Work with bioinformatics scientists and engineers to deliver scalable data analysis tools
  • Manage large-scale data systems (100s of TBs) and integrate with AWS services (ECS, Fargate, DynamoDB, Batch)
  • Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure (GitLab, AWS CodeDeploy)


What you’ll bring:

  • Strong Python web development experience
  • Solid cloud deployment skills (especially AWS)
  • Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases
  • Bonus: background in bioinformatics or scientific computing


You’ll join a collaborative, mission-driven team working on real-time DNA/RNA sequencing tech with global impact.

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